RainBot Wrote:
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> Since I can only read the text (what's UP with
> that site?), am I to assume that one needs to swap
> cockpits? Blaaaaaargh.

I can see the pics. What he means is you need to change the heat shield. Maybe if they do a D type they'll do a removable cockpit though. The toy looks nice. I wouldn't mind having one to replace my piece of crap Toynami one.

I'm going to have to pull out my This Is Animation volume for DYRL. But I do recall - especially looking at the YouTube clips - that you don't get a solid feel for their color scheme because they're presented in a low-light, almost monochrome lighting setup for any shot you see them in. They're either heavily shadowed, or thrown into extreme contrast by explosions. Even in the scene where Max pulls a Zentran soldier from his pod and shoots him, what you see of the pod isn't very clear.

With that in mind, the accuracy of the SDCC DYRL Regult is OK by me. I did ask Daisuke Fukuda if the picture above was a Photoshop mockup, because the color tones were so unusual to my eye, and he said it was actually a production sample.

And in any event, the otaku kid in me is delighted with another actual licensed, original Macross product. :-)

I hear you. I mean, far be it from me to dictate what the "official" color scheme is...but after having seen the movie a billion times, it's always occurred to me that they were solid dark green...and that was always real neat and very alien to me.

Either way, I'm all for this toy. I have three of the regular TV ones, and they're great. I was just planning on painting them up like how I think they should look from the movie!

And, yes, that pic totally looks like they just played with the color balance in Photoshop. Eh well.

Sanjeev Wrote:
> Of course, some official source is bound to prove my eyes wrong...

Hah, well, that source is about as unofficial as they get, and of course they don't ever credit the sources of their information, so there's no way to track down the origin of that art without digging through their forums to try and find the person who submitted it, and THAT person may not even have listed their source, if they're even aware what publication they found a scan from...

It's also hard to say if the solid-green Regults in DYRL is meant to be literal, or a stylistic touch. It's not unheard of for anime of the period to color "background" machines a single solid color, rather than a more detailed color scheme, just to distinguish them better from the "protagonist" robots...

asterphage Wrote:
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> Hah, well, that source is about as unofficial as
> they get, and of course they don't ever credit the
> sources of their information, so there's no way to
> track down the origin of that art without digging
> through their forums to try and find the person
> who submitted it, and THAT person may not even
> have listed their source, if they're even aware
> what publication they found a scan from...

True, true. I figure because the MAHQ pic matches the Toynami pic pretty well, odds are they're on the same page (the "official" page).

> It's also hard to say if the solid-green Regults
> in DYRL is meant to be literal, or a stylistic
> touch. It's not unheard of for anime of the period
> to color "background" machines a single solid
> color, rather than a more detailed color scheme,
> just to distinguish them better from the
> "protagonist" robots...

Welllll....that's kinda what Ray was saying, but I dunno. When I watch that clip, the Zentraedi power armors get a decent amount of accurate-color detailing in most frames...but the Regults are pretty much NEVER shown as being multi-colored. They seem dark green everywhere.

VF5SS Wrote:
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> RainBot Wrote:
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> > Did you get one, Veef?
>
> [www.collectiondx.com]
> f_27_grace_oconnor_normal_type
>
> No.
Good review. The comments afterward are interesting...
You know, as much as I whine about web exclusives... this one makes sense to me. Yes, I have to pay at least a 50% markup, but at least I get something cool - the problem with most casual observers of these things is that they are used to going to Toys R Us and seeing the bloody Ice Cream Maker dude from Empire Strikes Back as a figure, so they naturally expect to see the same thing in their Macross toys.
At least with this web exclusive, you are getting a complete toy and then some. Sure, you have to pay an extra hundred bucks for its stupid display stand, but it is nowhere near as bad as the Big O fiasco.

Flexidisplay stands rock.
They can be used for anything, and look great.
For Yamato stuff, their Mighty Block display stands are actually pretty cool, and they cost about the same, although they are not universal. I have heard claims they suck, but 9 of my V2 VF-1s are displayed with them and they look and work perfectly. Moreover, they inter-lock, have many configurations (for multiple toys) and are very posable.
The Yamato "hangar arm" is nice, if a little pricey. Both offer more positions than the flexidisplay (but I have not swapped out any arms yet).
I heartily recommend the the latter for any display piece.

This CG for the Yamato Fire Valk doesn't have the perfect proportions of the Hi-Metal (the legs are a little chunky, with small feet, IMO) but look at all that tiny detail in the close up of the torso.

Detail Improvement Parts with optional movable side lazers or not, I don't really like the head sculpt on the Blazer. It just seems soft, poorly defined... lacking the jutting chin and overhanging forehead of the design. However, the rest of the toy is incredibly slick.